CVE-2023-38571 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Published: 2023-07-28

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 10.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 13.5

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 11.7

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 12.6

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10469.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845

History

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-07-28T04:30:41.447Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:01:55.202Z

Reserved: 2023-07-20T15:04:15.885Z

Link: CVE-2023-38571

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:46:56.100Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-28T05:15:10.743

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:13:51.230

Link: CVE-2023-38571

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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